নিজে / নিজৰ

Self and Own

Level 3Sounds Like nijē / nijara

নিজে and নিজৰ point back to the person the sentence is about, as in সি নিজেই খাইছিল “he ate by himself” and তাইৰ নিজৰ ৰুম আছে “she has her own room”.

How It Works

নিজে means “by oneself”. It comes right after the person: মই নিজে “I myself”, তুমি নিজে “you yourself”, সি নিজে “he himself”. Add -ই to stress it, as in আমি নিজেই কৰিছোঁ “we did it ourselves”.

নিজৰ means “own”. It stands before a noun, where মোৰ “my” or তোমাৰ “your” could stand, and it points back to the person the sentence is about.

WordWhere it standsExample
নিজেafter the doerসি নিজেই খাইছিল। “He ate by himself.”
নিজৰbefore a nounতাইৰ নিজৰ ৰুম আছে। “She has her own room.”

When an action comes back to the doer, the one who receives it is নিজক, also written নিজকে: আপুনি নিজকে ধুলে “you washed yourself”.

Use নিজৰ when the owner is the same person as the doer. সিহঁত নিজৰ ঘৰত আছে “they are in their own house” makes clear that the house belongs to the people who are in it.

Examples (5)

  1. সি নিজেই খাইছিল।

    He ate by himself.

    নিজেই is নিজে with -ই, and it stresses that he did it alone.

  2. আমি নিজেই কৰিছোঁ।

    We did it ourselves.

    নিজে does not change with আমি.

  3. তাইৰ নিজৰ ৰুম আছে।

    She has her own room.

    নিজৰ stands before ৰুম “room”.

  4. সিহঁত নিজৰ ঘৰত আছে।

    They are in their own house.

    নিজৰ points back to সিহঁত “they”.

  5. নিজৰ যত্ন ল’বাঁ।

    Take care of yourself.

    নিজৰ means “your own” here, and ল’বাঁ is a friendly request to a তুমি person.

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নিজে / নিজৰLevel 3Self and Own

Learn This First

নিজে and নিজৰ are নিজ with -এ and -ৰ, so learners need both endings first.